{"id":2231221,"date":"2024-04-26T18:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T22:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-demands-trans-athletes-be-allowed-to-compete-against-women-remember-when-her-team-faced-teenage-boys\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T18:34:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T22:34:28","slug":"megan-rapinoe-demands-trans-athletes-be-allowed-to-compete-against-women-remember-when-her-team-faced-teenage-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-demands-trans-athletes-be-allowed-to-compete-against-women-remember-when-her-team-faced-teenage-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Rapinoe Advocates for Inclusion of Trans Athletes in Women&#8217;s Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmegan-rapinoe-demands-trans-athletes-be-allowed-to-compete-against-women-remember-when-her-team-faced-teenage-boys%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2231221&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Megan\u2063 Rapinoe&#8217;s advocacy for transgender athletes in\u200d women&#8217;s sports despite previous defeats to teenage boys. She recently signed a letter \u2063supporting the\u200d inclusion \u2064of men identifying as women in \u2062NCAA women&#8217;s sports. However, critics argue that such policies \u200ccould harm women&#8217;s ability to compete fairly, leading to concerns over the \u200cfuture of women&#8217;s sports. The \u2063article delves into Megan Rapinoe&#8217;s stance on transgender athletes in women&#8217;s sports and \u2063cites her endorsement of men identifying as women\u2064 competing in\u200c NCAA\u200c women&#8217;s sports. Critics express apprehensions about the potential impact\u200c on fair competition for women, \u2064raising \u200cuncertainties about the direction\u200c of women&#8217;s sports.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ccavanaugh\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ccavanaugh\/%20\"><span>Connor Cavanaugh<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 26, 2024 at 2:07pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Former soccer star Megan Rapinoe appears to not have learned her lesson whatsoever, advocating for transgender athletes to compete in women\u2019s sporting events even though she lost to a team of teenage boys a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Rapinoe signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.athleteally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Open-letter-to-NCAA_-Athletes-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> along with numerous other athletes that called for the NCAA to ensure men claiming to be women would be able to compete against women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe, the undersigned, call upon the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/zach-edey-purdue-get-obliterated-uconn-huskies-become-first-repeat-ncaa-hoops-champions-since-2007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA<\/a>, a governing body meant to serve athletes and our wellbeing, to ensure that the lifesaving power of sport is accessible to all athletes who compete in championship and emerging sports at and for NCAA-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-dems-scream-pound-desks-when-gop-female-rep-proposes-protecting-womens-sports\/\" title=\"WATCH: Dems Scream, Pound Desks When GOP Female Rep Proposes Protecting Women\u2019s Sports\">member institutions<\/a> \u2013 including transgender athletes,\u201d the letter\u2019s opening paragraph reads.<\/p>\n<p>It goes on to say banning men from women\u2019s sports would \u201cseverely [limit] the capacity of your member institutions to protect and support their athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter largely relies on emotional appeal while making broad, bogus claims such as that \u201cstudies used to justify the exclusion of transgender athletes are methodologically flawed and misinterpreted to further discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on you to be on the right side of history and affirm that sport is truly for us all. Do not ban transgender women from NCAA women\u2019s sports,\u201d the letter concludes.<\/p>\n<p>Taking part in such an act is nothing new for Rapinoe, a lesbian LGBT activist who has generated headlines with her left-wing political posturing.<\/p>\n<p>In March, she called out Christian U.S. soccer player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christian-us-soccer-player-apologizes-megan-rapinoe-scolds-sharing-beliefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Korbin Albert<\/a> for sharing social media posts\u00a0that said homosexuality and \u201cfeeling transgender\u201d were immoral.<\/p>\n<p>But as always, while Rapinoe and her fellow leftists wish to create a world where everyone is equal and nothing is set in stone, the reality is far from that.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should men claiming to be women be banned from women\u2019s sporting events?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2017, while she was still on the U.S. Women\u2019s National Team, they faced the FC Dallas under-15 boys team to prepare for a friendly match against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/seen-miracles-war-torn-ukrainian-christians-resilient-amid-russian-persecution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia<\/a>, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/soccer\/news\/a-dallas-fc-under-15-boys-squad-beat-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS Sports<\/a> reported at the time.<\/p>\n<p>They lost.<\/p>\n<p>While it was far from a shutout, losing 5-2 to a team of boys who can\u2019t even drive a car yet shows just how big of a difference sex plays in physical ability.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine the score if these boys were men. That\u2019s a reality that could come about as more and more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-coach-fired-for-stating-obvious-truth-about-trans-athletes-sues-school\/\" title=\"Christian coach sues school after being fired for stating truth about trans athletes.\">male athletes claiming<\/a> to be women are allowed into women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>It will only ruin the ability of women to compete.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s shameful that as Rapinoe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-megan-rapinoe-hobbles-off-pitch-injury-early-final-match-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leaves the sport<\/a>, she advocates for changes that will make it harder for other women to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>As swimmer and women\u2019s sports activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/riley-gaines-others-launch-lawsuit-ncaa-woke-policies-spread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riley Gaines<\/a> wrote on X, \u201cMegan Rapinoe, in typical virtue-signaling fashion, is pulling up the ladder behind her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one would know who Megan Rapinoe is [if] it weren\u2019t for women\u2019s sports lol,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Megan Rapinoe, in typical virtue-signaling fashion, is pulling up the ladder behind her.<\/p>\n<p>No one would know who Megan Rapinoe is it weren\u2019t for women\u2019s sports lol <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SuNsTENbwr\">https:\/\/t.co\/SuNsTENbwr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1783528643123110008?\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Perhaps more women in sports \u2014 and the organizations that govern them \u2014 should reject Rapinoe and her woke nonsense.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. 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We have the platform, the journalists, and the experience to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rises-as-he-promises-hes-only-begun-to-fight-put-on-full-armor-of-god-to-fight-the-left\/\" title=\"DeSantis Rises As He Promises He\u2019s \u2018Only Begun To Fight\u2019: \u2018Put On Full Armor Of God\u2019 To Fight The Left\">fight back hard<\/a>, but Big Tech is strangling us through advertising blacklists, shadow bans, and algorithms. Did you know that we\u2019ve been blacklisted by 90% of advertisers? Without direct support from you, our readers, we can\u2019t continue the fight.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Can we count on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>your support<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>? 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Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45820\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ccavanaugh\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45820\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45820\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45820\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Connor Cavanaugh is currently a student at the University of North Texas studying Political Science. Connor has lived in Texas for the majority of his life and is a proud conservative.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent commentary by Connor Cavanaugh on April 26, 2024, at 2:07 pm, ex-soccer sensation Megan Rapinoe persists in supporting transgender athletes in women&#8217;s sports, despite her past defeat against a team of teenage boys. 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